First Grade Curriculum

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Reading
  • Beginning and ending consonants, two-letter blends, and consonant digraphs (ch, sh, th)
  • Recognition of long and short vowels
  • Identifying rhyming words and rhyming word families
  • Recognition of high-frequency words (in isolation & in context)
    • These are always located in the back of your students Red Take Home Folder
  • Story Retelling
    • Characters
    • Setting
    • Events
    • Problem
    • Solution
    • Making Connections- What does this story remind you of?
    • Favorite Part - What is your favorite part of the story and why?
  • Oral reading fluency
    • Being able to "read the way we talk"
    • Fluent readers recognize words automatically and can begin to read faster and with more expression
  • Read and comprehend a level 16-18 book by the end of the year See Book Leveling for more information

Writing
  • Focus
    • Is there a topic to this story?
  • Content
    • Does the story make sense and include details?
    • Does the writer have 5 simple sentences that go along with their story?
  • Organization
    • Does the story have a clear beginning, middle, and end?
    • Do they use transition or sequencing words?
  • Style
    • Do all sentences start the same way or is their a variety?
  • Conventions
    • Does the student use capital letters were appropriate?
      • Capitalize "I" and special naming words (ex. names of people or places)
    • Do they use correct punctuation? . ! ?

Handwriting
  • Printing capital and lowercase letters
  • Printing numbers
money
Math Secure Skills
  • Count by 2's and 5's
  • Count up and back by 1's starting with any number up to and including 20
  • Count 20 or more objects
  • Order and compare numbers to 22
  • Write and count tallies
  • Compare pairs of numbers less than 16
  • Calculate values of combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters
  • Tell time to the nearest hour and half hour
  • Identify and complete patterns
  • Understand place value for tens and ones
  • Know addition facts *Rocket Math*
  • Exchange pennies for nickels
  • Write numbers 1-20
  • Solve addition and subtraction number stories

Science
  • Will be taught using FOSS science kits but it will not be graded on the report card.


Social Studies
  • Will be taught using Houghton Mifflin but it will not be graded on the report card.